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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: davem@davemloft.net, donald.hunter@gmail.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
	andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org,
	sdf@fomichev.me, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 5/5] tools: ynl: cli: add --policy support
Date: Mon,  9 Mar 2026 17:53:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310005337.3594225-6-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260310005337.3594225-1-kuba@kernel.org>

Add --policy flag which can be combined with --do or --dump to query
the kernel's netlink policy for an operation instead of executing it.

Examples:

  $ ynl --family netdev --do dev-get --policy
  {'ifindex': {'max-value': 4294967295, 'min-value': 1, 'type': 'u32'}}

  $ ynl --family ethtool --do channels-get --policy --output-json
  {"header": {"type": "nested", "policy": {"dev-index": ...}}}

  $ ynl --family netdev --dump dev-get --policy
  None

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
 tools/net/ynl/pyynl/cli.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/cli.py b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/cli.py
index b452d4fb9434..fc9e84754e4b 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/cli.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/cli.py
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ RELATIVE_SCHEMA_DIR='../../../../Documentation/netlink'
     schema_group.add_argument('--no-schema', action='store_true')
 
     dbg_group = parser.add_argument_group('Debug options')
+    io_group.add_argument('--policy', action='store_true',
+                          help='Query kernel policy for the operation instead of executing it')
     dbg_group.add_argument('--dbg-small-recv', default=0, const=4000,
                            action='store', nargs='?', type=int, metavar='INT',
                            help="Length of buffers used for recv()")
@@ -308,6 +310,16 @@ RELATIVE_SCHEMA_DIR='../../../../Documentation/netlink'
     if args.dbg_small_recv:
         ynl.set_recv_dbg(True)
 
+    if args.policy:
+        if args.do:
+            pol = ynl.get_policy(args.do, 'do')
+            output(pol.attrs if pol else None)
+            args.do = None
+        if args.dump:
+            pol = ynl.get_policy(args.dump, 'dump')
+            output(pol.attrs if pol else None)
+            args.dump = None
+
     if args.ntf:
         ynl.ntf_subscribe(args.ntf)
 
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-10  0:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-10  0:53 [PATCH net-next 0/5] tools: ynl: policy query support Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10  0:53 ` [PATCH net-next 1/5] tools: ynl: handle pad type during decode Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10  0:53 ` [PATCH net-next 2/5] tools: ynl: move policy decoding out of NlMsg Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10  0:53 ` [PATCH net-next 3/5] tools: ynl: add short doc to class YnlFamily Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10  0:53 ` [PATCH net-next 4/5] tools: ynl: add Python API for easier access to policies Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-10  0:53 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-03-11  2:40 ` [PATCH net-next 0/5] tools: ynl: policy query support patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-03-11 11:30   ` Donald Hunter
2026-03-11 18:35     ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-12 17:17       ` Donald Hunter

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